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Merijn Geerts and Ivo Steyaert Stop Together After Breaking the Backyard Ultra World Record
The Belgians ran 124 yards in Retie, close to 517 miles, before both declined to start another loop, and their stop handed the world team title to the U.S. and Mark Dowdle’s squad.
Trail and Ultras
Former Australian 100m Champion Jake Doran Charged With Indecent Treatment of a Child
Queensland police arrested the 26-year-old in Townsville on Oct. 13. Australian Athletics has barred him from its events and from athletics training while the case goes through the courts.
Track and Field
Strava Overhauls How Runners Find and Follow Routes
The app’s new route search and offline mode went live Thursday, and subscribers have been promised spoken turn-by-turn directions next.
Brands and Gear News
Qualifying for the First World Treadmill Championship Opens Friday
Runners at 400 gyms in 20 countries can start logging certified 5K times for RUN X on Oct. 23, chasing a share of a $100,000 prize pool and a world final in Italy next March.
Race Coverage
The LA28 Olympic Marathons Will Have 10 Fewer Places Than Paris
World Athletics is aiming for 70 runners in each race, and a men’s field that size would be the smallest at an Olympic Games since Montreal in 1976.
Elite Runners
A Record-Strength El Niño Could Make 2027 a Hard Year for Marathon PRs
Forecasters expect next year to be the warmest the planet has ever measured, and decades of race data show how much a few extra degrees cost marathoners at every level of the field.
Jessy Carveth
2019 Tokyo Marathon Champion Ruti Aga Banned for Six Years
The Ethiopian offered a prescription to explain a positive test for methylprednisolone. The AIU says the clinic named on it does not exist, and that cost her four of the six years.
Elite Runners
Hot Takes & Half-Baked Ideas: Live from Second City Toronto
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Baystate Marathon Winners Run Olympic Trials Qualifying Time That Won’t Count Due To Uncertified Course
Spencer Friske ran 2:15:05 and Caitlin McGinley 2:36:08 to win in Lowell, Mass., on Oct. 18, but the race had no USATF sanction, which the 2028 Trials rules require on top of a certified course.
Race Coverage
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